Expected to attend tonights capitol fourth concert on the west lawn. Smoky robinson and rock star gavin degraw will perform. Pretty proud to be an american. Reporter to make sure this area is safe, u. S. Park Police Officers set up eight check point this is morning and canines went to work i think our country doesnt often recognize how much its contributed to the world, liberty and freedom. So that is what this means to me. Reporter the essence of the holiday culminates tonight with a fantastic fireworks display. Exciting to me to be part of an American Heritage with my children now. Reporter if the weather co operates and it is expected to cooperate, the free concert starts at 8 00 p. M. Then the fireworks are scheduled to go off at 9 09 p. M. Just beyond from where i am standing, reporting Live National mall, wusa 9. Fingers crossed it will still go off stephanie thank you. Todays weather forced the white house to cancel its barbecue on the south lawn with military heros celebrations in gathers burg, green burg, college park have been called off for tonight. If the weather holds up and you dont feel like heading into the mall there are other places to watch maryland annual celebration at Takoma Park Middle School and Independence Day celebrations at Montgomery College rockville campus. Virginia at Fairfax High School as well as Vienna Community center more detailother events up to the minute information on cancellationings as well on our wusa 9 news app. After several isis related terror attacks Security Forces are on high alert. David schneide hersay plans for dc and emergency plans for dc and says authorities are prepared it is a target with monuments, large numbers of people for things like the july 4th celebration. Reporter in new york city the nypd is showing its strength on the ground and in the air the u. S. Coast guard is also boosting its patrols and crowds gathering for fireworks at Chicagos Navy Pier had to go through an inspection. Fairfax county teen seriously hurt in an explosion in new york city over the weekend. Police are working to learn more about the device and where it came from. Reporter connor golden is still in the hospital he is in stable condition but he had to have the lower part of his left leg amputated after he stepped on to rocks in central park triggering the explosion we dont know what happened there was a small explosion and then dust. Beyond the caliber of fireworks based on what we hear yes, our friend he is our friend we should probably get in the ambulance. We got to go. Reporter connor golden and his two friends all graduates of Oakton High School were on vacation in new york city they were walking through central park when connor stepped on the device nearly blowing his leg off the sound of the blast captured on cameras covering earl lee covering elie wiesels funeral. They believe it was an experiment placed on purpose back home in Silver Spring his grandparents cant understand why someone would do this. Were they expecting someone to walk along and hit that could have been a kid could have been anybody. Doesnt make any sense to me. One thing that connor told his father it didnt feel like fi on. Reporter connor has a long road to recovery and his grandfather says he may need even more surgeries but he is thankful he is alive. Yeah, he will be okay, he has the amputation you know he has some recovery to do, and so that is going to take awhile. Reporter connor and his friends have been cleared of any suspicious activity in the newsroom, wusa 9. All of this from just a day at the park. Canines are sweeping the area to look for other explosive material. To the race for president , donald trump says an image of Hillary Clinton containing the star of david and pile of money was not anti semitic he claimed it was either a sheriffs star or just a regular star. Trump tweeted the picture on saturday before removing it, it actually originated on a white supremacist website we have learned the fbi st is almost over the Presumptive Democratic nominee broke her silence over the weekend after spending hours talking with federal investigators here in washington. There were concerns about her using a private email server during her time as secretary of state. In a series of tweets trump blasted her. She understands she has to earn Peoples Trust she will work very very hard to do that. Clinton will appear to rally in charlotte alongside president obama there are the first time tomorrow while trump hold as rally the same day in raleigh. Huge news in the world of sports for a young man who hails from maryland, kevin durant announced he will leave the Oklahoma City thunder. He is suiting up with the Golden State Warriors this year and they will pay him 54. 5 million for two year deal. Today scott broom visited with durants very influential High School Coach to get insight to jump ship. Reporter wow, 54 plus Million Dollars well, first of all for wizards fans this does put the final spike in any lingering dreams kevin durant might play in his hometown and his High School Coach the great stu vedder told me going to golden state for kevin durant was not about the money. Kevin durant in 20 of a High School Senior from suit land playing for the Montrose Christian school in rockville. One of the greatest players that ever played. Reporter his coach was stu vedder. He was so talented in high school he could have played for us friday night and played for the wizards sunday afternoon that was the year that they put the rule in that says he couldnt go from high school directly to the nba because he would have been in that category. Reporter instead he went to university of texas and turned pro with the super sonics which moved to Oklahoma City where durant became his heart has always been here in dc, where he grew up in modest circumstancestill has family and lots of friends. But vedder says he knows why he chose golden state. One of his slogans is hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard. He knew right from the beginning he was talented but he wasnt going to get out of work he was the hardest working guy we had, he and vazquez every morning at 6 00 a. M. Would be at montrose working out before school would start that is what he is looking nor now that type of program i can envision him and seth curry and Clay Thompson meeting in the morning and working out that is the environment he wantgreat players want i think that had a lot of his decision to go to golden state. Reporter former High School Coach so again kevin durant leaves oak la hoopla city thunder goes warriors and coach vedder here says durant, curry, and thompson all together have the work ethic and the chemistry to potentially become one of the greatest teams in nba history that is what coach vedder said he put a lot of kids in the nba i am believing what he is saying. Live in vienna, scott broom wusa 9. We wish he was coming here but wish him well at golden state. Durants former high school has scaled back its Basketball Program since its glory days the coach now runs Development Camps in the region. One person is dead three others injured after overnight shootings in northeast dc Police Responding first to the scene on v street near ledront park where they found 42year old lyndsey suffering from a gunshot wound to the head he was pronounced dead at the scene, and a woman is fighting for her life on division avenue near blaine street one person expected to recover after a stabbing at a dc night club this happened on i street in northwest 9 30 last night investigators say the man stabbed is expected to recover. It took five days, 335 miles for a pack of bikers to make a trek from pittsburgh to dc. 21 of them military veterans and supporters traveled to raise money for Homeless Veterans each rider had to race 1 per mile they surpassed that goal and raised more than 25,000 dollars. Fantastic. Take a bunch of strangers that dont really know each other come together for a cause and you know it is not easy to ride 335 miles in 5 days we stuck it out and worked together as a team, we got it done. So really proud of everybodys effort to finish today. Veterans leadership helps more than pennsylvania help more than 2,000 vets find jobs. Hundreds lined the streets for the palisades 4th of july parade and picnic when it was over hundredsover people met at the rec center for hot dogs watermelon and family fun. A lot of people are posting their dc 4th of july memories on our facebook page. Plenty of time to make those memories instead Walking Around 16th street washington dc yeah, this house really pops out at you. How about zachary who says only one way to celebrate the 4th of july baseball from phi own that happy 4th of july post your pictures and we will share them with you as we go through the evening news. We are just Getting Started here on wusa 9 ne next phase of metros Maintenance Plan could can cause more disruptions for commuters what virginia rail riders need to know. Massive algae bloom is turning 4th of july into a stinky nightmare. We could be in for a heat wave more on the and tonights yellow weather alert. After the break the american consulate targeted in a suicide bombing in the middle east we are looking at an increase in isis attacks after more than 150 people were killed in baghdad a suicide bomber struck the u. S. Consulate in saudi arabia, the attack come as day after isis killed more than 160 people in baghdad. Charlie is in london with more on a growing number of isis attacks. Reporter iraqis lit candles at the site of sundays devastating truck bombing that turned a busy shopping district in an up market neighbourhood into an inferno. This man says most of the people in the building were in their 20s the government does nothing when it comes to security. The holy month of ramadan ends this week and children looking forward to the eve celebrations never lived to see them. Major general khadim said isis targeted innocent people after suffering heavy losses on the battlefield. The bombing came barely a week after the iraq military finally cleared nearby fa lieu gentleman of remaining fighters we joined Iraqi Special forces during part of that fight they faced militantings as they inch militants as they inched closer to the city backed up by u. S. Air strikes. Isis has unleashed its brutal brand of terror around the globe. Police in bangladesh made arrests over the siege at a cafe that left many dead. And a bombing at an airport in turkey that claimed the lives of more than 40 people. Sundays baghdad bombing comes days before the results of a british investigation are released it will examine the reasons britain and america decided to take down hussein. Protestors demand answers and action because of that toxic algae bloom in florida. It is ruining holiday pl down at least one beach. Many are blaming state politicians for allowing polluted water from lake okeechobee going into the estuary. We are losing our way of life here. The four counties effected are under a state emergency it could be weeks before that algae gets washed away. You can see why people dont want to go in the water there. Clearly impacting tourism and everything. Yeah, real shame down there as well and a lot of those areas close to the coast, you get the manateestuff they go over there, so hopefully they are not impacted either. Precious animals. Rain rain, go awe here. We are trying but we are not out of the woods yet if you are going out for the Fireworks Shows, i know rockville is still going on along with the National Mall, pack rain gear the shower threat is a real one. Here is a look at first alert doppler, gentle rains compared to Severe Weather going and kentucky, even North Carolina that is a severe thunderstorm warning. East of washington pushing toward the bay on the Eastern Shore we still have spotty showers and quite a few out to the west, these isolated showers out to the west, culpepper, skyline, headed towards showers, locally lots of clouds around only a couple sprinkles before you head from boi east towards annapolis. West, east, passing showers for the evening hours fireworks forecast, cloudy, humid, muggy, 73, temperatures barely going to budge from where they are now. Hopefully they will avoid downtown for that 99 30 period. No guarantees. Unseasonably cool this may be one of the coolest days at National Airport on july 4th since they have been doing records one of coolest days on july 4th in washington upper 60s to low 70s at this hour with a real grey looking sky no surprise there. 73 and very muggy that dew point is 70 and on the hour we had light rain showers reported when they took the observation what we are watching is all this activity here moving east, between this and what we had, somewhat of a lull but it is not a pure dry lull that is the concern for the evening as High Pressure yeah, not really helping us out much we will say goodbye to that look at the future cast at 9 00 p. M. Still trying to produce light to moderate showers across the metro, overnight heavier showers but it will take aim north of town. Tomorrow morning potentially toward philly. There could be activity here even though the future cast isnt showing it we will keep the yellow weather alert up and then things do look like they will get bet inner the afternoon that will allow temperatures to take off into will get hotter than that, as we get through the rest of the week get ready for the first bonafied heat wave of the season we have three days with 90 but this will be the real stuff 69 lees burg, frederiksburg 71 and we may drop a degree or so here before the night is out. In detail, viewer forecast on this 4th of july, 66 to 72 periods of showers and storms i hope the periods are off when you need them off southwest 5 to 10 sunset 8 37. Tomorrow morning, it will be a few showers and storms around mainly early 66, 70s to low 80s by lunchtime isolated stuff in the afternoon 85 to 90 much warmer, still humid, wednesday 93 hot and humid that will be the case just a little hotter, thursday, friday saturday, mid 90s one of these shot up to 98 then sunday and monday more all right. Where you can legally set off fireworks in our area and jet blue makes it easier for some passengers to get through security in tonights consumer alert. Fter the break a nasa spacecraft on a five year mission will go where no vessel has gone before. Americans celebrate the i wanted pen dense holiday with independence holiday with fireworks filling the sky, jupiter will have a visitor after travelling nearly five year2 billion miles the juno spacecraft will attempt to enter an or bit around jupiter to explore its poles, clouds, atmosphere and core. Juno is searching for hints about our beginnings, how everything started, how did the solar system get started, these secrets are pretty well guarded by jupiter and it is pretty formidable. You know scientists are about 10 30 p. M. Tonight juno will enter a dangerous part of jupiters radiation environment. He said excited but i think there is a little more energy. Rain is putting a damper on local fireworks celebration ifs you plan to do your own snap crackle and pop of your own make sure it is legal. Some fireworks are allowed but that does not include ones that are loud, exploit or move once you place them and light them. In virginia they are banned in fairfax, but certain ones are legal in louden county. Auto sales revved up in june, car buying sites, true car. Com says ford, honda nissan reported gains, but sales of gm and volkswagen were down. Overall sales for the month are expected to be 8. 6 that is up about 2 from just a year ago. Jet blue is making it easier for most of its frequent travelers to skip long security lines at airports for a limited time airline will foot the bill to register mosaic true blue members in tsa precheck allowing you to keep on your shoes, jackets, belts and laptop while you go through faster lines. There is a good chance you will see some meh pictures from fireworks tonight. Yeah, on your facebook feed. We have tips how to take great pictures using your phone. Use the burst mode this allows you to take a whole bunch of pictures in a short period of time one of them has got to be good most new phone haves this feature. A tripod or selfie stick. Panorama sweeping view wider image dont zoom in also take vi throw another option on there put the camera in your pocket and watch the show and enjoy. Everybody know what is firewolorks oks like we dont need pictures of them tomorrow. Rvs are almost as american as fireworkthe 4th of july. A look at some of the greatest recreational vehicles of all time. Sad ending for an American College student reported missing in rome. Surge three of metros safe track plan kicks off tomorrow evening what you need to know before you venture out. Right now, howard is back with the latest on tonights fireworks forecast. Will the show go on . Differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mrs. Wagners car to arrive for the airport, she can use fios to download the movie up in the air to watch while shes. Up in the air. Thats the power of fiber optics. And download speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. A lot of people are really hoping to see some fireworks tonight whichever i think what it will come down to is the wind how do you thing things are shaking out. Not as much as concern as other showers fro